YOUTH BASEBALL: Grove-Bowersox hands Moose first loss

Grove-Bowersox held off a sixth inning surge to give Moose its first loss of the season, 6-4 Thursday in Waynesboro Youth League baseball action.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted May. 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM

Posted May. 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM

WAYNESBORO — Grove-Bowersox held off a sixth inning surge to give Moose its first loss of the season, 6-4 Thursday in Waynesboro Youth League baseball action.

Trailing 1-0 in the second inning, Moose evened the score as Hunter Brown led off with a single and scored on a base hit by Ben Wolff.

In the top of the third, Grove rallied for three runs on bases loaded walks to plate Levi Golden, Micaiah Helm and Brogan Beall to make the score 4-1.

In the bottom of the frame, Moose fought back to pull within one. Tobiah Walizer scored on a single by Ethan Saunders. Saunders was driven in on a fielder's choice by Nick McDermott.

Grove added two more in the fifth to seal the victory.

Chase Stone threw five innings to pick up the win for Grove while striking out four. Beall came on in relief to pitched the sixth inning to earn the save.

OWLS 6,

WAYNESBORO CONST. 5

Owls Club used four hits in the bottom of the sixth to defeat Waynesboro Construction in dramatic comeback fashion.

The game was scoreless until the fourth inning when Wacco scored five runs. Blake Forney hit a stand up double. Wyatt Freeman hit his own fence rattling double, but Forney was held at third by an on target throw from Owls centerfielder Kobe Donaldson. Alex Miller dropped a hit into shallow left to plate Forney, and Devin Smith reached on an error to load the bases. Trenton Shetler and Owen McCleaf both walked to score Freeman and Miller. Paxton Shatzer plated both Shetler and McCleaf on a missed ball to right field to make the score 5-0.

There was no more scoring until the bottom of the sixth. Lead off hitter Matt Williams started the rally with a shot down the right field line for a double. Shane Spencer reached on an error and Hunter Clever singled to drive in Williams. Bruce Neterer followed with a single that plated both Spencer and Clever. Xavier Rhyne walked with Guy Sullivan re-entering the game for him as a pinch runner. Cole Rhyne laid down a perfect bunt that was misplayed, scoring two more runs to tie the game at 5.

With the winning run on third, Joe Sullivan executed a textbook bunt on the first pitch for a hit to bring home the winning run.

Neterer went the distance on the mound for the Owls, striking out six and giving up five hits for the win.

Contributing to the win with a strong defensive effort was shortstop Cole Rhyne and catcher Hunter Clever, who together threw out three runners, one a 2-6-2 double play.